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Chapter NR 221 - Asbestos Manufacturing
Section NR 221.02 - Applicability

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 221.02

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Section NR 221.02 - Applicability

The effluent limitations, standards of performance, pretreatment standards, and other provisions in this chapter are applicable to pollutants or pollutant properties in discharges of process waste resulting from manufacture or activities in any of the following subcategories.

(1) ASBESTOS - CEMENT PIPE. This subcategory covers the manufacture of pipe using asbestos, portland cement, silica, and other ingredients.
(2) ASBESTOS - CEMENT SHEET. This subcategory covers the manufacture of sheets using asbestos, portland cement, silica, and other ingredients excluding the manufacture of sheet laboratory tops.
(3) ASBESTOS PAPER - STARCH BINDER. This subcategory covers the manufacture of asbestos paper using asbestos, starch binders, and other ingredients.
(4) ASBESTOS PAPER - ELASTOMERIC BINDER. This subcategory covers the manufacture of asbestos paper using asbestos, elastomeric binders, and other ingredients.
(5) ASBESTOS MILLBOARD. This subcategory covers the manufacture of asbestos millboard using asbestos in combination with other materials such as cement, starch, clay, lime, and mineral wool.
(6) ASBESTOS ROOFING. This subcategory covers the manufacture of roofing products by saturating asbestos paper with asphalt or coal tar and applying various surface treatments.
(7) ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE. This subcategory covers the manufacture of asbestos floor tile using asbestos, polyvinyl chloride resin, chemical stabilizers, limestone, and other fillers.
(8) ASBESTOS TEXTILES, COATING OR FINISHING. This subcategory covers the process of coating or impregnating asbestos textiles with materials to impart specific desired qualities to the finished product.
(9) SOLVENT RECOVERY. This subcategory covers the process of solvent recovery in the manufacture of asbestos products.
(10) VAPOR ABSORPTION. This subcategory covers the process of removing volatilized organic materials from atmospheric emissions by means of wet scrubbers.
(11) WET DUST COLLECTION. This subcategory covers the process of removing dust (particulates) from atmospheric emissions by means of wet scrubbers.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 221.02

Cr. Register, June, 1976, No. 246, eff. 7-1-76.